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CA Games Bill Stopped

Posted by Zonk on from the my-fragging-is-free-speech dept.

Gamasutra reports that a Judge has stopped the implementation of the CA Violent Game Bill in its tracks. The Judge in the case cites numerous rulings finding that games and violence are not categorically linked. From the article: "As a direct result of the suit filed by the ESA and VSDA in October regarding the AB1179 law, Judge Whyte wrote that 'games are protected by the First Amendment and that plaintiffs are likely to prevail in their argument that the Act violates the First Amendment.' This is the third initially successful ESA court challenge in recent weeks, following similar events in Illinois earlier in December and another preliminary blocking in Michigan in early November."

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  1. Re:Excellent by Stan+Vassilev · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You know I'm a big fan of the Terminator 2 and 3 movies. But as I'm replaying them recently, I find myself rooting for the bad liquid dude/chick more and more. What up with that?

  2. What With All The Politics Stories? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Wow, 7 stories in the politics stories today, and hardly any of them, including this one are ontopic. If you look at what the politics section is for, hardly any of today's stories are about US Government politics in any meaningful sense. In fact what California does really has no bearing on the Federal government or the US in general. I guess the editors missed their civics classes.

    So what's up with this? Do the editors not even follow their own policies anymore?

    This site has turned to flamewar central ever since the introduction of the politics section. Remember when it was supposed to be temporary?